What do African leaders have in common?
Seun Kuti, Fela's son, and for some the true heir of his father's musical legacy while charting his own part, has a new album and a lot of opinions.
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"The creative street vibes of South Africa"
On Saturday, 26 March at the Swedish CinemAfrica Festival the film directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin
Found Objects, No. 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwe_xNEUgxA The UK (via Jamaica) toaster, Tapper Zukia’s “MPLA” off the album from the same name. Because
Flying Overseas
http://youtu.be/Wd6NxkKCVI8 I am not cool like Theophelius London. I don’t wear nice, patterned shirts. Solange Knowles*
Hip-hop's Language Problem
Rob Boffard writing in The Guardian: Hip-hop in South Africa faces the same problems all music
Viva Amilcar Cabral
Paris-based rap group MC Malcriado--captures Cabral's appeal to the new generation.
'Tales from the Sahel'
This coming Friday Maal and British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah will begin their UK tour of “Tales
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The video for Dutch singer Ntjam Rosie’s song “In Need” featured in the latest episode of
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The video for Gil Scott Heron and Jamie X’s “I’ll Take Care of U,” from the
Black Presidents
When I was wrong as well as a snob about rappers and politics and readers called me on it.
Tidal Waves Goes South
Anyone who makes songs about politicians eating all the money–what else do they do?–gets our vote.
The first-encounter aesthetic rush
Spoek Mathambo's whole oeuvre seems to point towards finding a new conversation.
'Shaka Zulu'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikxZvvETnPE Not sure what to make of the video. The video was filmed “in Africa.” Kage
File Under No Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wTtUqxklzs Another of those pending posts. The video for “Flying High” for the British rapper Chipmunk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7boL1EkW7M Mos Def, “Umi Says,” Live at the Austin City Limits Festival 2009.
John Akomfrah is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
'Real African Music'
Thanks to HavePlentyMusic I saw that big time house producers experimenting with Kuduro for a few
Konfab's Lost Tapes
Pioneer Unit’s on fire. Yet another release by the Cape Town label, this time a collection
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The music video for the remix of Brooklyn rock singer Tamar Kali’s “Pearl” featuring the rapper